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Frost*: Life In The Wires
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Frost*: Life In The Wires

Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0

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Words: Craig Hartranft
Added: 18.10.2024 | Released: 18.10.2024

As the story goes, eight years ago Frost*s Falling Satellites was nearly a double album. But songs were cut, only to appear a few years later on the EP Others. Now, songwriter/keyboardist/vocalist Jem Godfrey asks: "Every prog band worth their salt really should do a double album, shouldn't they?" Enter Life In the Wars, a 90 minute prog extravaganza that picks up from 2021's Day And Age. Godfrey explains:

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"The first track on the new album starts with the end of the last track from that album "Repeat to Fade" where the static comes up and a voice says "Can you hear me?" I remember putting that in when we did Day and Age as a possible little hook for the future; a character somewhere out there in Day and Age land trying to be heard."


The story revolves around the main character Naio, an aimless kid heading for a meaningless future in an AI run world. He hears an old DJ talking on the ancient AM radio his mother once gave him and decides to trace the source of the signal and find "Livewire" to see if there's a better future out there. However, the All Seeing Eye is less than impressed at this bid for independent thought and fights back. Soon Naio finds himself pursued across the country by an outraged mob as he tries to locate the home of Livewire and his freedom.

Musically, Frost* has exceeded expectations, having expanded beyond their, often, keyboard egocentrism. The songs within Life In The Wires are more diverse and expansive, and definitely more intriguing and entertaining, simply because all players and instruments have larger and more inclusive parts. This is found within songs like Evaporator, the quite heavy, Propergander, and Life In Wires Parts 1 & 2. The latter being the premier track of the album. Yet, Godfrey still makes his presence known within Strange World, Absent Friends' gentle piano, and Moral And Consequence, which is largely riffs blending with keys for another heavier song.

I refer you now to the videos included (which many have probably seen already), which I encourage you to listen to through earbuds if you're using your phone. (I have my computer connected to my hi-fi system.)

Pink Floyd had The Wall. Genesis their Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Yes, Tales From Topographic Oceans. Frost* now has their Life In The Wires, and it's a sensational and entertaining accomplishment in melodic progressive rock. Quite recommended.



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The Take Away

Pink Floyd had The Wall. Genesis their Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Yes, Tales From Topographic Oceans. Frost* now has their Life In The Wires, and it's a sensational and entertaining accomplishment in melodic progressive rock. Quite recommended.

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